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December 2005
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Weekly Set Re-Review: Knight's Stronghold
Ben E. 31 XII 05
Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion.
Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc.
Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!
This week’s set is 6059 Catapult.
Knight’s Stronghold, a gate and wall section for the Black Monarch’s, was released in 1990.
This is one of several wall sections that attach to the Black Monarch’s Castle.
The wall includes three Monarch guards, a jail, two large doors, torches, shields and other accessories.
Black Falcon soldiers, including a fully armored knight and a siege worker, are attacking the wall with a trebuchet.
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Q & A with Mike Rayhawk, LEGO Concept Designer
CC Team 21 XII 05
Jake McKee and Steve Witt of the LEGO Community Team have set up a Question and Answer session with Mike Rayhawk.
Mike is a concept designer and illustrator for LEGO who has worked on the Knight's Kingdom II line.
Check out the Knights section of his website www.mikerayhawk.com.
These webpages explain much of the process that created the Knight's Kingdom II artwork including rarely seen concept sketches.
Certain aspects of the set design process are also mentioned.
Submit your questions about the 2004 and 2005 storylines and image design process in the discusion
thread.
Specific questions about design decisions for the sets will not be answered.
And of course any discussion of future products is prohibited ;-)
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Weekly Set Re-Review: Catapult
Ben E. 18 XII 05
Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion.
Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc.
Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!
This week’s set is 6030 Catapult.
Catapult, released in 1984, is the first castle siege weapon.
This set has a two black falcon men and accessories such as round shields, weapons, and flaming shot.
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First Look at 2006 Knight's Kingdom
Ben E. 18 XII 05
CC Member Sir Kohran purchased one of the new KK2:3 Maxifig knights.
He scanned a flyer that came with the set.
This flyer shows three new Knight's Kingdom minifigure scale sets.
The knights defend a tower fortress (8823), and a bridge (8822) against Vladek's henchmen.
Vladek's evil forces have their own ship (8821) with dragon sails and a dock.
Discuss these new
minifig sets
and
maxifig knights.
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Weekly Set Review: [Knight's Kingdom II] Catapult
Ben E. 11 XII 05
Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion.
Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc.
Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!
This week’s set is 5994 Catapult.
Catapult was released in 2005 for Knight's Kingdom II.
The set first came in a 2005 LEGO Easter basket in North America.
Later it was available as a polybag and in the Knight's Kingdom Adventure Box produced by Scholastic Books, both available at Walmart.
This set is the first LEGO catapult to have a crank and 2x2 round brown wheels.
It comes with stone shot and a horse head covering.
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Weekly Set Re-Review: Smuggler's Hayride
Ben E. 4 XII 05
Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion.
Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc.
Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!
This week’s set is 1974 Smuggler's Hayride.
Smuggler’s Hayride, part of a three set bonus pack, was released in 1989.
This hay cart comes with a farmer, a forestman, a hidden treasure chest under hay, a pitchfork and other accessories.
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Vikings land at U.S. SAH
Ben E. 1 XII 05
The five Viking sets became available for sale yesterday at U.S. Shop at Home.
Prices are consistent with Amazon and Toys R Us who began selling the sets several months ago.
Unfortunately the sets arrived late for the Thanksgiving Sale and free shipping on orders over $99.
But this is great news for fans who do not live next to a Toys R Us.
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